have the last laugh Definition

laugh
verb laughed, laughing

intr
1. To make spontaneous sounds associated with happiness, amusement, scorn, etc.

Thesaurus: chuckle, giggle, guffaw, chortle, snicker, snigger.
2. To express (a feeling, etc) by laughing.

Example: laughed his contempt

noun

1. An act or sound of laughing.

Thesaurus: chuckle, chortle, giggle, snicker, titter, guffaw, hoot.
2. colloq
Someone or something that is good fun, amusing, etc.

Idiom: be laughing

colloq
To be in, or almost in, a very favourable situation.
Example: Once he gets that new job, he'll be laughing

Idiom: be laughing all the way to the bank

colloq
To have successfully pulled off a financial ruse or swindle.

Idiom: don't make me laugh

ironic
Expressing contempt, scorn, etc for some idea, suggested possibility, etc
Example: Harry go in to work five days in a row? Don't make me laugh!

Idiom: have the last laugh

colloq
To win or succeed in the end, especially after setbacks; to be finally proved right.

Idiom: laugh oneself silly

To bring oneself into a specified state (often figuratively) through laughing.

Idiom: laugh one's head off

To laugh exuberantly, etc.

Idiom: laugh on the other side of one's face

To become annoyed or distressed after previously having been in good spirits.

Idiom: laugh someone out of court

To dismiss them, or their views or achievements, with ridicule.

Idiom: laugh up one's sleeve

To be secretly or gleefully amused or pleased.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hlæhhan.

Phrasal Verb: laugh at someone or something

To make fun of or ridicule them or it.To find it funny.

Phrasal Verb: laugh something off

To treat lightly or trivially (especially an injury, an insult, an embarrassment, etc).
Example: He laughed off his broken leg as just one of those things